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W ednesday, April, 18,, 201-7
A fresh start, enter
Wildman
- cine can be made. D id you know
that tea made from blackberry J
leaves is good for curing .colds,
coughs and flus? For an herbal tea,
«It’s not top bad either.
For a * vegetarian, gathering
wild edible plants can be a very
fun and enlightening experience.
If, you have guts, it can also be
an exciting experience. I call it
“guerilla gathering,” in which one
finds edible plants in foe “domes
ticated” world. For instance, roses
are edible. Though j I promise, I
w ifip n ly e a t your rpses if I am
starving. But just to remind, you,
1 am not a deer, so* please don’t
shdot me.
The outdoors n o t, only pro
vide a place to eat aiftfi lick out
By Isaac Soper
wounds, but they giveffs a place
Arts & -Culture Editor
to. .play. We can go pn ' hikes,
Call me a treehugger. Do it, I swim, climb and explore; nature
provides a wide array o f possible
dare you. . ,
I w ont . cry, I might blush a activities for. people tot; do. W hat
little though, because I do love die lacks in technology, she makes
up for in potential and diversity.!,
Mother Nature.
Oregon, is. a fantastic place to
Nature has always fascinated
me. Trees, rocks, animals, the sky;' live T f; you have a passion for
you name it, I love it, I can’t the outdoors. W here Efive, I am -
marry nature, sadly, because she about two hours away from the
isn’t human, and-that.apparently mountain in one direction and.,
“isn’t okay,” (even though some the Coast in fo e other direction. '
I can go out my back door, drive
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Sure, video games are fun. for five minutes and find agreat
Movies and television pass the place to gp hiking or camping. If
time. W hat do I get out o f any of I drive for 15 minutes I can find a
those, activities, apart from instant great fishing spot.
I become so desensitized and
gratification; maybe a little more
brain-dead? W ith the technology num b during the school year that
time to
we create with our minds and I don’t utilize m y
the outdoors. I hide inside
with our hands, we try to one-’
aced@clackamas.edu
Take a hike at the
Environmental Learning Center
e r lr o o r x x . d o m v k o n a e w O r k
ana d u r , ■ Wch a m
universe.
We’ve forgotten the skills that
we consider to be “primitive,” that
every culture before the industrial
revolution considered necessary.
We hide indoors, buy our grocer
ies from stores and push a remote
to start a fireplace. Granted, these
luxuries are nice, and they are
comfortable. '
I want uncomfortable. I want
something real. I want to discover
myself and die world aroundm e,
and not though Google Street
View.
T he beauty o f the natural
world is that things grow and
things heal. T he world is a nurtur
ing place. W ith some skill, food
can be gathered, and even medi-
te .
T »r
that to, change.
I j ust Want to be at peace with
in myself, and I don’t see that hap
pening though the mass-media
forms o f entertainment anymore.
I feel lost a lot o f the time, and
maybe what I need is to become
lost in the woods to find myself. I
want to gather m y meals from the
woods, take a shower in the rain
and fight for the protection ana
conservation of the Earth. ,
I want to become a Wildman.
I’ll still be mosdy-civilized— I’ll
shower (most o f the time); maybe
it’ll be an alter-ego, a secret iden
tity perhaps? Let’s* see where it
goes from here.
Next up: Edible plants
Meme of the Week:
M any o f the site’s buildings were built from, reclaimed materials, along with the Haggart observatory.
dusk, but are locked, which is
disheartening.
T he *ELCs. contains some
beautiful', ponds,,..a wide array
The Environmental Learning .of native plants (some being
Cenper is a reafiy,eoolarea, ana edible), and quite a few wild
beingsoelose to class(right off o f ,'animals .as -well. T he .ponds are
■Inskeep Drive, next to Lewelling habitat to quite^ a few ducks,
and the old Art Center) is very turtles and bullfrogs during foe
neato indeed. There are bath springtime.
4 , >
rooms near the ELC that claim |'W i t h i n ,t h e 'trails thatfollow
they are open from dawn to along Newell Creek» there js, a
By Isaac Soper
Arts & Culture Editor
The E LC is home to many o f Oregon’s native species, including
box turtles, bullfrogs an d ducks.
self-guided tour of the area.
Hopefully the revamping o f
this area will happen soon. It has
much promise, but as o f now
it is in disarray. M uch o f the
ELC’s trails have been damaged
by graffiti, a fair am ount o f ¡trash
andvandalism. £
Being a one-minute drive of
a five-minute walk from class
isn’t too shabby either. W hat foe
ELC lacks in upkeep, it makes
up for in possibility. Hopefully,
we’ll see that realized in foe near
future. All in all, foe ELC is a
great little wilderness haven right
here on campus, which .would
only «improve with a bit o f main
tenance and upkeep.
Name: Environ cental
Learning Center
Location: Clackamas
C om m unity College
(Inskeep Drive)
Type:
(Moderately) groom ed
trails
Length: Less
than one-mile
Difficulty: E asy .
Equipm ent needed:
N one